Bilbofett writes: They say Christmas day is one of the biggest days for movies, and I believe it. At the Cinemark in Victorville CA (USA), every single showing of LOTR:TTT was sold out in the morning. At one of the later showings, they overbooked the seating by 200! [More]
Month: December 2002
BilboFett writes:
“They say Christmas day is one of the biggest days for movies, and I believe it. At the Cinemark in Victorville CA (USA), every single showing of LOTR:TTT was sold out .. in the morning. And, at one of the later showings, they overbooked the seating by 200!
The theatre employees believed that there were just a lot of people who snuck in, so they made EVERY SINGLE person stand up and stand in a line so they could check everyone’s ticket! Sure enough, they had oversold by 200!
As you could imagine, when 200 people had to be turned away, some people got a little upset (imagine being a father and explaining this to your kids on Christmas day!) and one man started a riot that led to the police hauling several people away.”
Very strange.
Southern Californian newspaper The Orange County Register lists its top 10 films of the year. The Two Towers sneaks in as its number one choice. [More]
I’ve received a few e-mails about Tolkien TV popping up across the next couple days, so I thought I might repost the week’s Tolkien TV guide with a few additions. Australian readers might be interested in the Master of Middle Earth repeat tomorrow morning on cable. [More]
Rasputin the Evil Balrog writes: We held a raffle opening night of The Two Towers in Austin, Texas to benefit the local Food Bank. The Austin Chronicle ran an article about it, including a picture of TORn regulars Light of Earendil (on left), Belladonna Took’s daughter, Emily, and Rasputin the Evil Balrog (with wings!) [More]
The comic strip shoe, a continuing legacy of the late Jeff MacNelly and the silly folks at ‘Shoe’ have a LOTR themed cartoon from Friday, take a look! [More]